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| how do you wean an 18 month old from a bottle?? |
| christopher takes a bottle to nap and to bed....sometimes though it takes 2 to 3...after that i let him cry it out,but at night he'll cry til 4am and i live with my brother and his family and his kids have school and need their sleep.so what can i do without waking the whole house up?? during the day he's fine with a sippy cup and never used a suckie.but milk is getting too expencive. |
| See also: toddlers, weaning |
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| put in the nipple aloe vera juice from the plant it tastes not so great and you can tell him that the grumble kissed it ... i did that to my kids binkies all of them and she got out of it ...hope that helps ... and btw it is not poisonous it is aloe vera ...extreamely healthy stuff |
| posted by Kristhal on 02/11/2009 |
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| in case that sounded weird it was my mom who wrote that she did that to me when i was little.... btw a "grumble" is an imaginery monster she said that instead of dog, cat, ect... so i wouldn't have problems with the animals.... |
| posted by Kristhal on 02/12/2009 |
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| lol yea its sounded kinda familiar....i think i heard it off of the movie "The Labyrinth". but thankyou...i will give it a shot and let you know how it goes... |
| posted by Lizz on 02/12/2009 |
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| I'm having the same problem with my daughter. Someone suggested a trainer sippy cup. I picked one up and so far it is working. The brand is BORN FREE. It cost 10 bucks but it's worth it. I tried other ones but they leaked and she was able to dump the milk out and she never took to them. For nap time when she asks for a bottle I gently say no bottle but mommy has your cup of milk, put it up to her mouth and she takes it with no problem. I'm going to try bed time soon. I tried the crying it out thing and it doesn't work for every kid. Actually I think it's the exception not the rule like the books would have you believe. The CIO method made her more clingy and dependent on me and the bottle. Good luck. |
| posted by Christina on 02/12/2009 |
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| I had that problem with my son when he was 13 months old. The only way I got him off the bottle was to start a new regular schedule every night. We would do the same tasks before bed every night around the same time. In our case, I would give him a bath, get him in his pajamas, have a little snack, and then do something relaxing to wind down like read books or watch a movie. Then I tell him, "Okay, it's bedtime." and rock and sing him to sleep. He now knows the word bedtime and knows that means it's time to settle down. Sometimes he would cry and cry, and it could be really hard, but the thing I find to be most helpful is to stay consistent. Good luck!!! |
| posted by Rachel on 02/16/2009 |
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| My cousin used super nannies idea of send binkies and bottles to babies that need them get you self a box have your son put in all of him bottles help him tape it closed before bed and let him Mail it (placeing it outside near your mail box or on the front porch. To make it even more fun let him decorate the box with stickers or let him scribble a letter or card to the new owners. Do it at night before bed and make sure you get rid of the box after putting him to bed or you may get caught by your toddler. Then start a new bed time routine ( my kids{ages 27 months and 9 months} routine is dinner, bath, brush teeth while I sing the ABC's 3 times (so they brush long enough) and a short story (usually 2) and then lights out. this is only an example) Use a routine that fits in to your parenting style and your time schedule because my children go to bed between 7 and 7:30 we don't have a lot of time after dinner. Find something that he loves and do it exactly the same way every night (if you are a stay at home mom ) i would suggest doing this routine at nap time also. |
| posted by Jessie on 02/17/2009 |
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| If he uses a sippy during the day, why is he using a bottle at bedtime? Get rid of it. As I wrote that is sounds harsh, but your lucky hes not using it all the time. Give him a sippy with water at night. Most kids dont like water, so he may want to give it up. Make sure hes getting enough to drink during the day. If hes taking 2-3 at night, hes either playing with ya, or very thirsty or hungry. My son was 12 months. One night he was sick, so I wasnt giving him milk. He was getting iced tea, which I put in a sippy, because bottles where only for milk. That was the end of the bottle. I took them away the next day, and he never even asked. I think partly I got lucky(hes pretty easy) and partly I didnt make a deal out of it. Good Luck! |
| posted by valarie on 06/30/2009 |
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| thanks for the advice and he's been bottle free by the 19th month and now he's a month away from being 2. i tried a few things and alot of them he started the tempertant. so i just started the bottle before bedtime rather then at, and if he wanted another i said no and stuck to that then he would get mad and go to his room by himself and shut the door and wine and cry for no more then 5 mins then i would check on him and he would be passed out sleeping in his bed.that went on for about 3 days, then i just said to myself "fuck it' and when he came for the 2nd wanting i told him nomore..yuck...trash. and he stared at it a bit then it clicked and he threw it away himself and even said bye bye to it. i didn't think it would work but surprisenly it did and after that he's been going to bed with no cup just a hug and a kiss and this blank....that he only cares about when its bed time or it needs to be washed.lol but i guess i did the scream it out and the and the dirty and the nannie idea along with a bedtime schedule...thanks all of you for the advice....i'm sure my next question will be about the terrible 2's..lol |
| posted by Lizz on 07/09/2009 |
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| i just stoped giving my lil girl one and gave her a sippy cup |
| posted by Jessica on 07/12/2009 |
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